Bahrain Trademark Registration
Basic Fees (One mark one class)Search: USD 675 Application: USD 1,020 Registration: USD 1,650
The legal basis of Bahrain trademark is the Law No. 6 of 2014 approving the Trade Mark Law of the Gulf Cooperation Council States. Bahrain is a member of the Paris Convention and the Madrid Protocol. Bahrain adopts first-to-file basis for trademark protection. A trademark registration is valid for 10 years from the date of application and could be renewed for 10 years before the expiry date.
|
Service |
Fees (USD) |
|
Word mark search (optional) |
675 |
|
Application (20 items) - Each class |
1,020 |
|
Registration |
1,650 |
* Each item in excess of 20 will be charged with an extra fee of USD10.
All fees above are exclusive of bank charge, courier fee and tax, if any.
| (1) | A Power of Attorney (to be provided by Kaizen) signed by the applicant, notarized before a Notary Public and legalized up to Bahrain or any other Arab Consulate in applicant’s country. |
| (2) | A duly completed trademark search/registration order form (to be provided by Kaizen). The list of the goods/services to be filed has to be no more than 6 lines. |
| (3) | A soft copy of the trademark in JPEG format. |
| (4) | A certified copy of priority document when priority is claimed (extra charge will be charged for filing priority claim documents). |
| (5) |
A certified copy
of the home registration or any foreign registration of the trademark (except
from boycotted countries). If the registration certificate is not available,
oneof
the following documents can be used, and have to be legalized up to Bahrain or
any other Arab Consulate in applicant’s country:
(a) A certificate of incorporation of the applicant company; (b) A certificate issued by the Registrar of Companies; (c) An extract of the entry of the applicant company in the Commercial Register; (d) A certificate issued by the Chamber of Commerce. |
| (6) |
Meaning of the mark, if
any. |
Note: The POA and the supporting documents are no
longer necessary to be legalized if the applicant’s country is a member of the
Hague Convention. The apostille documents are sufficient for filing with the
Industrial Property Directorate in Bahrain.
| (1) | Kaizen acknowledges the information including the specimens of mark, its goods/services and registration details, then provides the latest quotation, preliminary advice and classifies your goods/services; |
| (2) | After the quotation has been confirmed, client will be required to complete our Trademark Search/ Registration Order Form and send it back to Kaizen by email, fax or post; |
| (3) | Once receipt of the payment for pre-filing search, Kaizen will conduct the pre-filing search (if requested). The search report will be sent to client within 15 working days (based on the duration of the official search); |
| (4) | Client could refer to our analysis and suggestion in the search report and decide whether to file the application. Kaizen will file trademark application to the Industrial Property Directorate of Bahrain upon receipt of your payment and instruction; |
| (5) | The Industrial Property Directorate of Bahrain will conduct a search of the trademarks records to see if the same or similar trademark has already been registered or been applied for by another trader in the same or similar class. They will also see if the trademark satisfies the registration requirements laid down in the Law No. 6 of 2014 approving the Trade Mark Law of the Gulf Cooperation Council States. If the requirements for registration are not met, the Examiner will object to the mark; |
| (6) |
Once your
trademark has been accepted for registration, it will be published on the Bahraini
Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office; |
| (7) |
If no objection by a third
party, a registration certificate will be issued by the Industrial Property
Directorate of Bahrain. We will review and send the certificate to you. |
Our fees for each stage of an application are to be invoiced and settled before the commencement of each stage of service. If a China or Taiwan Value-Added Tax invoice is required, 7.5% or 5% additional charge will be incurred.
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Refund Policy
In any case you pay us our fees for all three stages of an application, and the search result indicates that there is an identical mark already in the register, the application for filing should not be proceeded, the fees for services not performed, i.e., filing for application and issuing of certificate of registration will be refunded, after deducting bank wiring charge.
